Dealignment refers to ______.

a. the recent trend for voters to state that they are independents
b. elections where voters associate themselves with a third party
c. the mass movement of voters from one party to another during a particular election
d. a reduction of one party’s dominance followed by its replacement by another party
e. the ideological shift of voters from moderate to more extreme positions


a. the recent trend for voters to state that they are independents

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